Deborah Reid Platt, MSSW

I went to UW graduate school directly from undergrad program at Indiana University in Social work. I was 21 and graduated early from UW by going to summer school. I had great academic preparation but …

Jim Calderone, MSSW ’72

Hi Mel and All ’72 MSSW Graduates, Since graduation: Married; three adult children and fourteen grandchildren; Community Mental Health social work (in ME, CT, PA); MDiv (St John XXIII Institute); EdD (Adult Development at Temple …

Barbara D Rosskamm, MSW

At the time there was a program available to allow me (and several others) to skip our senior year and go straight to grad school! It was great, paid all our expenses and we knew …

Dan Nevers, MSSW

It seems like 50 years would be an adequate amount of time to examine a life, but actually, it is not. At one point, well before now, I realized that the School of Social Work …

Barbara Lee Hufschmidt, BA

I was attending summer school in 1970 and was taking an introduction to social work class as a requirement for the school of education. Professor Lee Masters was teaching the class that met every day …

Nancy Erdman Coffey, MSW

Thinking back to my experience in the MSW program brings a kaleidoscope of thoughts and feelings about my life and the culture of our country at that time. I married in September of 1971, the …